Haven't been on this board for awhile but in response to the CLU job, I'm not surprised at all that Dains didn't get the gig. When a major supporter of the university wanted Rider to be gone for awhile, he's not going to miss a chance to push for change when Rider finally went away. This really wasn't about Dains, it was a dislike for Rider and basically guilt by association.

Oxy began its season with a couple of exhibition games, losing to Westmont 69-62, and beating Bethesda 75-72. Last night the Tigers got their first official win of the season, beating Caltech 80-60. Oxy led 37-31 at halftime and blew the game open with a 16-0 run in the second half. For Oxy, Zach Baines had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Austin DeWitz scored 18.

CMS dropped two in Wisconsin to White Water and PlattevilleWhitworth beat La VerneLinfield dropped Whittier and Pomona Pitzer w/ upcoming games against La Verne and CaltechPacific and Puget Sound dropped Redlands

Also -- Michael Scarlett is on the roster, was a pre-season all American (3rd team), but didnt play in Wisconsin -- is he hurt or something?

Was mentioned at a couple places on the board here and on the Hoopsville Pod but no ones seems to know. As Ryan Scott said earlier, news from some of the west coast teams come via pony express, so no news as of yet. (I think he said via wagon, but I put my own twist on it )

Also -- Michael Scarlett is on the roster, was a pre-season all American (3rd team), but didnt play in Wisconsin -- is he hurt or something?

Was mentioned at a couple places on the board here and on the Hoopsville Pod but no ones seems to know. As Ryan Scott said earlier, news from some of the west coast teams come via pony express, so no news as of yet. (I think he said via wagon, but I put my own twist on it )

And the SCIAC finally gets a couple non-conference NCAA wins.........against a school that up until last year was an all women's college.

Last night Oxy beat something called Westcliff University, 88-67. Westcliff is apparently located in Irvine in the 10-story University Tower, which, according to the property manager, "offers unparalleled retail & restaurant amenities and support services just steps away including: In-N-Out Burger, Steelhead Brewery, Mendicino Farms, 24 Hour Fitness, Kinko's and Trader Joe's." Westcliff has a win over the University of Los Angeles College of Divinity.

CMS goes down to Santa Cruz -- of course, the story has to be that CMS not only didn't start any of their normal starters (Lynds, President, Ely, Scarlett, Morris) -- they didn't play them at all......and they didn't play them at all after a night where they won a game with pretty good looking stats.

Claremont's story has to be the surprise of the season so far: after starting the year ranked #15, with an injured all-american who came back and then got benched??, and are now 2-6 overall.

One other SCIAC thought -- I don't understand the conference schedule -- some teams have played 2 conference games already, but Caltech has played zero?....how did that happen?